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United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings

The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.

Medical debt is as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers. The Crivilare family, Andrew, Heather and Rita, 2, are pictured at their kitchen table in Jacksonville, Ill.

Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won't have another.

Millions of new parents in the U.S. are swamped by medical debt during and after pregnancy, forcing many to cut back on food, clothing, and other essentials.

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt is set to deliver the GOP response to the State of the Union.

Who is Sen. Katie Britt, who will deliver the Republican State of the Union response?

First-term Sen. Katie Britt, Ala., has been selected to deliver the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address Thursday.

Kenneth Mayfield was in the Black Student Union at the University of Mississippi in 1970. Members of the group were jailed after protesting token integration on the Ole Miss campus. Mayfield, now an attorney in Tupelo, Miss., was also one of eight students expelled.

A half-century later, students at the University of Mississippi reckon with the past

University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union from 1970. They were jailed and expelled from Ole Miss for protesting token integration.

Steve Albini in his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago in 2023.

Steve Albini, iconoclastic rock musician and engineer, dies at 61

Albini led the abrasive underground rock bands Big Black and Shellac and recorded — by his own estimate — thousands of albums, including classics like Nirvana's In Utero and the Pixies' Surfer Rosa.

People walk into Living Water Church of the Nazarene, one of four inclement weather shelters for unhoused people in San Diego, on Dec. 20, 2023.

Inclement weather shelter beds activated in San Diego

With rain expected to fall across the area Monday, additional shelter space was opened today by the San Diego Housing Commission and the city of San Diego to help the homeless escape the inclement weather.

Ghost Army members John Christman, of Leesburg, N.J., second from left standing, Seymour Nussenbaum, of Monroe Township, N.J, in wheelchair at left, and Bernard Bluestein, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., in wheelchair at right, join military and congressional officials as members of their secretive WWII-era unit are presented with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.

After decades of secrecy, the 'Ghost Army' is honored for saving U.S. lives in WWII

The Ghost Army is credited with saving thousands of American lives and helping end WWII in Europe. But its contributions were kept secret for half a century before it was awarded Congress' top honor.

Palm trees in front of a cloudy sky in San Diego, Calif. Aug. 10, 2023.

Cooler weather, chance of San Diego County mountain showers

Along the coast Thursday, it was expected to be partly cloudy with high temperatures from 71 to 76 degrees.

Senators meet in the senate chamber at the Statehouse, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Indianapolis.

New Indiana law requires professors to promote 'intellectual diversity' to keep tenure

A new Indiana law requires professors to promote "intellectual diversity" to receive tenure. Critics worry the measure will dissuade academics from staying in the state.

'You Only Call When You're in Trouble' is a witty novel to get you through the winter

Stephen McCauley's comic novel offers readers the gift of laughter as well as a more expansive image of what family can be. Book critic Maureen Corrigan says it was a perfect January read.

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